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Post by Bobinator on Aug 12, 2016 18:45:04 GMT -5
Back in Ye Eldest Times of 2008, we had a thread about which emulators were the best to use for each system. But it's old. This isn't old! Old things are lame! Stop being old! ...Oh, right, the list. These are my personal suggestions for every system. If you know of anything that you think works better, feel free to list it here! NOTE: Anything that lists "Mednafen" will also work with the correct RetroArch or BizHawk core, if you prefer those!Atari:Atari 2600: Stella, or its RetroArch core Atari 5200: Altirra Atari 7800: EMU7800, MESS, or the ProSystem RetroArch core Atari 8-Bit: Altirra Atari ST: STeem SSE Lynx: Mednafen or MESS Jaguar: Project Pheonix, along with its English translation patch, found here. Thanks, KGRAMR! Nintendo:NES: Nestopia SNES: Higan, or if your computer isn't quite up for it, SNESGT. Game Boy/Game Boy Color: BGB or Higan. Virtual Boy: Mednafen Nintendo 64: Project64, probably. Still isn't great, though... Gamecube: Dolphin Game Boy Advance: mGBA DS: DesMuMe Wii: Dolphin Sega: SG-1000: Kega Fusion Genesis/Sega CD: Genesis Plus GX 32X: Kega Fusion Game Gear: Kega Fusion Master System: Kega Fusion Saturn: Mednafen. Failing that, SSF. Model 2 Arcade Games: Model 2 Emulator (Yep, that's the name of it.) Dreamcast: Demul Sony: PS1: Mednafen PS2: PSCX2 PSP: PPSSPP Everything Else:3DO: 4DO. If something on it doesn't work, try Project Pheonix, found up in the Atari section. Amiga: FS-UAE for ease of use, make sure you get the latest dev release. WinUAE if you HAVE to have every single option, otherwise unneeded. Amstrad CPC: Caprice Forever, MESS for the GX4000 Apple II: MAME works pretty well. If that doesn't work, AppleWin is pretty much your only option. Apple IIGS: GSport Commodore 64: Hoxs64 Colecovision: BlueMSX DOS: Still DOSBox. Intellivision: Nostalgia. MAME will also do fine. Neo Geo Pocket/Neo Geo Pocket Color: Mednafen. Failing that, Neopop. Java Cell Phone Games: Kemulator MSX: BlueMSX Philips CD-i: MAME, although it only runs a small subset of games. Anything that uses FMV probably won't work. TurboGrafx/TurboGraphx CD: Mednafen ZX Spectrum: The Fuze core on RetroArch, or if that doesn't work for you, MAME. Remember, if you have any emulators you think work better than the ones listed above, feel free to share! Knowledge is power, and all that. |
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Post by Weasel on Aug 12, 2016 21:42:46 GMT -5
The Thread is Old. Long Live the Thread.
(and by that I mean I stickied this one)
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Post by starscream on Aug 13, 2016 9:13:07 GMT -5
For a free Zx Spectrum (Windows) emulator, I recommend ZxSpin.
- AFAIK, there is no big difference between a GX4000 and a CPCPlus, you can still use WinApe for those cartridges.
- Hoxs64 is a great C64 emulator but is only emulating PAL-machines. For more options and NTSC I suggest Vice which also offers some other machines including the VIC-20.
- MESS has also decent Apple II/GS support. One problem I have with MESS is lack of working save-states for computer systems though, at least that was the case with the versions I used., haven't updated in a while. On the other hand, MESS (MAME) also has support for shaders and offers some general flexibility for displaying graphics.
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Post by r0ck3rz on Aug 13, 2016 18:42:46 GMT -5
Unless things have changed, I'd still recommend 9x over GT, if only for the video filters. I feel like there should be some blurring of some sort, as things just don't look right when they're too sharp. Although, the filters you can use with RetroArchs emulators most likely do a greater job. I like Ootake for Turbo(tough I don't typically play CD games, which would require ISO mounting software in this case). Though I probably shouldn't disagree, I'm just still comfortable with Visual Boy Advance for the Game Boy line. It seems mGBA covers it all as well. Still agree with BGB as a backup, just in case there is GB/C incompatibility. Though it hasn't updated, and may not again, nullDC has decent compatibility, so you might cover a greater range between it and Demul. Which is why sometimes you need a 2nd emulator, for any console/handheld/PC. Yabause may be a good Saturn option as well, as long as you stick to BIN/CUE(by Darkwater would probably be most preferable), rather than MDS/MDF. I think we've gotten to a point where the plugins that come with ePSXe are good enough for most PC's, and PCSX may be another good option for PS1. Not to knock Mednafen, I just have no experience with it. It probably should go without saying that whatever you find to be your preferred version of M.A.M.E. should cover most of your arcade needs, especially for the 2D era. This site can be of help, when you're trying to decide these things: emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page^If that one goes down(hopefully only temporarily), here's another variation: emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/Emulation_General_WikiThis one is pretty good if you want to keep up to date with emulators: www.emucr.com/ |
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Post by Purple Moss on Aug 13, 2016 21:17:43 GMT -5
Is Mednafen that good? I should try it one of these days. Fantasyanime has some tutorials on several emulators, I found the ones on Ootake and Kega Fusion particularly useful. These are my alternate recommendations: Arcade: I like Shmupmame, which reduces lag for many games. It hasn't been updated since 2013, I think, so you should also keep another MAME fork nearby in case a game isn't supported. If you want to play arcade games online with a friend, there's FightCade, based on FinalBurn Alpha. Sadly I haven't had the chance to try it yet. Regular MAME has an Android version, MAME4droid. GBA/GB/GB Color: VBA-m, a fork of the original VBA and updated more or less recently. Note: Don't forget to check VSync and Triple Buffering in the Render API settings for a smooth experience. PS1: ePSXe. It also has a paid version for Android. Note that you should use this, not PPSSPP, if you want to run eboots (PSX games on PSP, e.g. Brigandine Grand Edition). NES: Fceux. Granted, I've played like three NES so far, but it works well enough. Oh, yeah, is there a way to map hotkeys to a controller? I use JoyToKey instead to control Normal Speed & Speed Up with a gamepad, very useful if you like to fast forward frequently. SNES: Snes9x. There's a free Android version too. TurboGrafx: I like Ootake too. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2016 12:23:51 GMT -5
I also have had nothing but positive experiences with VBA for GB/GBC/GBA games. Also, what does mednafen offer over SSF? I've been using Neo Geo Rage for NG games and haven't run into any issues there, either. Recently switched for PSX Final to ePSXE, though for the life of me I can't remember why now.
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Post by Bobinator on Aug 15, 2016 15:44:55 GMT -5
I also have had nothing but positive experiences with VBA for GB/GBC/GBA games. From my understanding, VBA is kind of old and unsupported nowadays, so a lot of the effort is going into mGBA, which is why I recommended it. I don't THINK VBA has any major issues, but replacing old things with new ones is why I made the thread.  It runs a lot of games SSF didn't run very well for me. On SSF, Fighters Megamix had audio issues, Mr. Bones crashed before it could start the first level, and I couldn't get past the title screen of Three Dirty Dwarves. Basically, anything SSF wouldn't run, this might. I would just use MAME for CPS1/2/3/Neo Geo stuff, but that's just me. PSX emulation on Mednafen means you don't have to use plugins, and games that use a CD soundtrack actually play music properly. |
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Post by Weasel on Aug 15, 2016 15:56:41 GMT -5
For Neo Geo games, I've found Kawaks to be a friendlier experience - notably because MAME has the irritating tendency to change the ROM sets, and MAMEUI has a similarly irritating tendency to not acknowledge Neo Geo games as being present when you do a library refresh.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2016 17:09:26 GMT -5
Looks like I'll be fiddling around with some new emulators this weekend. Thanks!
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Post by GamerL on Aug 15, 2016 23:08:48 GMT -5
I got a question about Mednafen, does it have a scanline filter like ePSXe that makes the PS1 games look exactly as they should?
And is there really not a dedicated PS1 emulator out there that doesn't use plugins?
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Post by Bobinator on Aug 15, 2016 23:31:37 GMT -5
I got a question about Mednafen, does it have a scanline filter like ePSXe that makes the PS1 games look exactly as they should? I don't honestly know. I know that RetroArch uses Mednafen as one of its emulation core, and that has tons of filters, but that thing is a crashtastic mess, so I hate using it. PSX doesn't use them, and it's pretty all right. Still has issues with CD music, though. |
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Post by reasonance on Aug 19, 2016 14:55:56 GMT -5
Mednafen PSX core is actually the only core in RetroArch I ever had crashes with, otherwise it's very stable - and it's renderer + shaders are top class. I find VBA or Snes9x worthless at fullscreen - terrible framepacing I got a question about Mednafen, does it have a scanline filter like ePSXe that makes the PS1 games look exactly as they should? And is there really not a dedicated PS1 emulator out there that doesn't use plugins? Maybe try Xebra - it's accurate pluginless PSX emu - that tries really hard to emulate PSX - down to using it's memory card manager for file management. Though there's no CRT shader for it - maybe one could try injecting reshade or sweetfx for that effect. |
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Post by Magma MK-II on Aug 21, 2016 16:47:56 GMT -5
Jaguar: You're crap out of luck, sorry. Try again next thread. Virtual Jaguar is a thing, you know. |
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Post by Weasel on Aug 21, 2016 17:32:57 GMT -5
Jaguar: You're crap out of luck, sorry. Try again next thread. Virtual Jaguar is a thing, you know. Sadly, neither it nor Project Tempest are flawless. Significant glitches and crashes, to my recollection, especially on stuff like AvP. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2016 11:05:06 GMT -5
How the hell would you even emulate a Jaguar controller? Doesn't it have something like 20 buttons?
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